BELLADRUM TARTAN HEART FESTIVAL JULY NEWSLETTER (2)

FOY VANCE JOINS LINE-UP

Irish-born singer/songwriter Foy Vance has joined the festival line-up. Foy's Management Freshwater Hughes, the people who discovered Joss Stone, say: 'When we first saw Foy playing live, we knew he was the real deal. The way he communicates with his wonderful poignant songs, with his astonishing, emotive soul voice - it just gives you the goose bumps.' Catch him on the Black Isle Brewery Grassroots stage on Saturday 13th August.

BUS LINK TO FESTIVAL

Citylink will be running a bus service from Inverness Bus Station to Belladrum Festival from 11- 14 August. Services will run:
11/08 Inverness - Belladrum 4.00 PM;
12/08 Inverness - Belladrum 12.00 noon & Belladrum - Inverness 11.30 PM;
13/08 Inverness - Belladrum 12.00 noon & Belladrum - Inverness 11.30 PM;
14/08 Belladrum - Inverness 12.00 noon.
Reservations can be made on-line via www.citylink.co.uk or by calling 08705 50 50 50. To guarantee your seat, reserve your place early. The pick-up/ drop-off point at Belladrum will be at the main gate ticket office. Please do not board the bus without a festival ticket.

DANCE AND MUSIC CLASSES

Various types of music and dance tuition will be available at Belladrum: Leading member of fro Celt Sound System N'faly Kouyate will be giving lessons on the cora. There will be yoga sessions and dance lessons in belly dancing, Bharatnatyam classical Indian dance, and possibly capoeira. Stay tuned with the web site for more news on these. Some lessons may involve a small charge.

AAAAAARGH! IT'S JEEP SOLID!

Q. What do you do if you're lost on the outer fringes of the known world (Inverness), you're a musician, you've just discovered the power of nettles (Latin name - Urtica Dioica ), and you want to make the front page of NME?
A. You devise a whole new genre of music - HEAVY NETTLE.
Inverness's resident beat poet, part-time fashion designer(Haris tweed crotchless knickers) and full time muso-lunatic will be unavoidable at Belladrum. So if you can't beat him, you may as well grasp the nettle and enjoy his curious blend of sounds and stings. Jeep himself will be playing the penny thistle, but if there are nettles about, stick close to the guy playing the dockens.

LONELY (TARTAN) HEARTS

Coming on your own to the festival? Looking for LURVE? Shaz & Net are running the Speed Dating Love Lounge in the dance tent at 3.00 PM on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th August. You've got three minutes to impress the pants off someone!Entries limited to 20 boys and 20 girls per day. E-mail your reservations to the ladies at southview1@btopenworld.com - and keep an eye out for 30-person TWISTER games too.